A lot of us here hate AI because of how it was built: training data gathered without the creators’ explicit, opt-in consent, data centers that negatively affect communities’ access to clean water and energy, a technology design that is inherently prone to hallucinations, etc. At least, those are the main reasons why I hate it.

I think I might actually want to support an AI project if I thought it was being done right. Maybe we could get more people away from exploitative models if there was a non-exploitative alternative.

So what would it take to build AI ethically, in your opinion? And do you know of anyone trying to build AI without these issues?

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Anil Dash claims he’s made an ethical AI: https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/28/one-good-ai-is-here/

    I haven’t taken the time to verify his claims personally, it sounds like a reasonable attempt:

    What’s good? Something that checks every box I can think of for our most immediately positive goals: it’s trained entirely with data that were consensually gathered; it’s completely open source and open weights, so anybody can examine it to know exactly how it works and what biases or flaws it might have; it’s designed to run on ordinary computers that normal people have access to — including those that can run entirely on renewable and responsible energy sources. And it is controlled by creators, not extractors, people who are inarguably on the side of artists and creatives and those who make art and culture in the world, designed to support and enable and empower their expression. No billionaires or guests of Epstein’s island were involved in the creation of this technology.

    • ladybugs@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 day ago

      Thank you so much for this! If I get into video editing at some point, I’ll totally use CorridorKey for green screen stuff. It actually does check all of my boxes and more. It’s a very narrow/specific tool, and it’s not something anyone could use to persuade a ChatGPT user to quit, but this gives me hope that other ethical AI tools are possible.